Nutrition facts · Sweets and baking
Calories in Honey
Honey has 304 calories per 100 g, and 1 tbsp (21 g) has 64 calories. Nearly all of those calories come from carbohydrates, mostly sugar, with 82.4 g of carbs and 82.1 g of sugar per 100 g and essentially no fat or protein.
Calories come from: Carbs 100% · Fat 0% · Protein 0%
Common servings
| Serving | Weight | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 304 kcal | 0.3 g | 82.4 g | 0 g |
| 1 tbsp | 21 g | 64 kcal | 0.1 g | 17.3 g | 0 g |
| 1 packet (0.5 oz) | 14 g | 43 kcal | 0 g | 11.5 g | 0 g |
| 1 cup | 339 g | 1,031 kcal | 1 g | 279.3 g | 0 g |
Full nutrition (Per 100 g)
| Calories | 304 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 0.3 g |
| Carbohydrates | 82.4 g |
| of which sugars | 82.1 g |
| Fiber | 0.2 g |
| Fat | 0 g |
| of which saturated | 0 g |
| Sodium | 4 mg |
What changes the calories
- Honey is dense, so a spoonful weighs more than the same spoonful of water or granulated sugar, which makes volume-based guesses easy to underestimate.
- A heaped or dripping spoon holds noticeably more honey than a level one, so how you pour and drizzle changes the calories more than anything else.
- Honey that clings to the spoon or jar lid isn't eaten, while honey drizzled straight from a squeeze bottle is often more than people think.
- Honey mixed into tea, yogurt, dressings or baked goods still counts in full, even when you can't see it.
Tips for logging it accurately
- Weigh honey on a kitchen scale by placing your mug or bowl on it, zeroing it, and then adding the honey, so you capture exactly what you use.
- If you measure by spoon, log it as a level 1 tbsp (21 g) and add extra for heaped or generous drizzles rather than rounding down.
- In BerryFit, log the honey as its own item when it's added to foods like oatmeal, toast or tea so it doesn't get missed in a photo scan.
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Frequently asked questions
How many calories are in a tablespoon of honey?
One tablespoon of honey (21 g) has 64 calories and 17.3 g of carbs. It has no fat and about 0.1 g of protein.
How many calories are in a honey packet?
A 0.5 oz (14 g) packet of honey has 43 calories and 11.5 g of carbs.
Is honey lower in calories than maple syrup or agave?
Per 100 g, honey has 304 calories, agave syrup has 310 and maple syrup has 260. So honey sits between the two by weight.
Does honey have any fat or protein?
Honey has 0 g of fat and only 0.3 g of protein per 100 g. Almost all of its calories come from sugar.
Similar foods
Calories in common foodsValues per 100 g from USDA FoodData Central (Honey, FDC ID 169640); servings use USDA portion weights. Real foods vary by variety, ripeness and preparation.
The text on this page was written with the help of AI (Anthropic's Claude) and checked against the numbers in a separate review. The numbers themselves come only from USDA.
